Letter 3819

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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – June 7, 1732


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Date: June 7, 1732
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4052
Folio: ff. 123-124


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[fol. 124] I had the favoure of yr letter about ten days agoe & not long after I received your very acceptable present of Bookes which were all new to me & very valuable for which & other yr favours I must always ackowledge my obligations to you. Mr Brewer came hither not long after I received yr letter wch I communicate to him & gave Micheli’s List of plants wch yu designed of him he told me that he believed he had the greatest part of them which he would very willingly oblige yu with if I would assist him in looking them out & numbering them in have yu through the marine plants, & have met with the greatest part you desired & have added several others wch seem to us non discripts. the rest we wil looke over as soon as we conveniently can. but the grapes & probes &c as wel as the marine plants are so numerable that I am afraid it wil be ten days before Mr Brewer can send yu his Cargoe along wth them I wil send you a fewe fossils Mr Petiver wil write to you by whome he sends the Box & when he sends yu his service I wish it was in my power in any aspect to showe how much I am your obliged servant Ric: Richardson North Bierley June 7 1732

Richardson was a physician and botanist who traveled widely in England, Wales, and Scotland in search of rare specimens. He corresponded and exchanged plants with many well-known botanists and naturalists (W. P. Courtney, Richardson, Richard (16631741), rev. Peter Davis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23576, accessed 31 May 2011]).



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